Mexican Layered Dip Recipe

This dip is perfect with tortilla chips. Just made it for the first time last week and I loved it so much that I will be making it again very soon. We made our own refried beans and salsa for the recipe so it was quite a bit of work but well worth the effort.

I made this tonight and it's very good! I didn't bake it as the recipe suggested, as I've had similar versions fresh and they were good, and I needed it for a potluck. Here's what I changed:I layered the ingredients on a large serving platter as shown in the photo instead of the 9x13 suggested. Used homemade refried beans as suggested--yum! (I'll put the simple recipe I used in the suggested alterations) The 1/2 mayo 1/2 sour cream was too mayonnaise-y for me, so I added an additional 1/2 cup of sour cream, just right. I also added 2 Tablespoons of mild taco seasoning to the sour cream mixture (a nod to this version: http://www.grouprecipes.com/29049/layered-taco-dip.html)I only needed one large avocado to create a single layer, maybe the two called for in the recipe are the little ones? Just thought I'd mention it, since avocados are $2 a pop around here ;) Oh, and as a side note, this was the first time I've ever had fresh avocado and I was pleasantly surprised--I've only ever seen it served as puke green mush (bleck!), it was delicious plain, tossed with lemon juice.The only other problem I had, was when I layered the salsa on top of the avocado, the juices ran down off of my nice layered look and made puddles on my refried beans. Didn't affect the taste so much, but the presentation would have been a little prettier if I'd drained the salsa just a tad before adding it. On to the onions...for a garnish, five was way too many. I used one. If you want an onion layer, maybe it shouldn't go on top of the cheese? I think that would look funny, maybe put most of them on top of the salsa and save one for the garnish. Ok, I think that's all I have to say--very good recipe, enjoyed it thoroughly, thanks so much for posting it!

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I made this tonight and it's very good! I didn't bake it as the recipe suggested, as I've had similar versions fresh and they were good, and I needed it for a potluck. Here's what I changed:I layered the ingredients on a large serving platter...more